RG wrote:
>Sizes named by size of *bolt head*
>Whitworth- He was one of the first to come up with a standard thread system.
> Used in England from ><~1875? and even in the US for a while.
> Used in random locations on British cars of all years until they
> went metric in the late 70's.
>Metric- just as bad as the rest- there may be *3* thread pitches for a
> given diameter, instead of just 2!
>There are/have been others, lesser used. And don't forget the pipe threads,
>(tapered).
>You think you have problems- My MG PA uses BSF, with some Whitworth thrown in.
>I have an ASF/C tap & die set, but still need to get BSF, Metric,AND Whitworth!
A friend has some whitworth sockets he had used to work in his Norton. Somehow
I ended up with a few of them. Imagine my surprise when I found that the
Moss gearboxes from early Jags were held together with nearly all Whitworth
fasteners! I lucked out this time, as I had the correct socket to fit what
I was attempting to remove.
Has anyone bought Snap-On spanners recently? What might I expect to spend
for this brand of tool? I've finally located a route that the Snap-On
Tool Van follows (most shops up here buy Mac, and there somehow are just
not the same...:-).
Christopher M. Perez # chrisp@mrloog.WR.TEK.COM
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